Game
Hot Potato
This game can get a little giggly, so be warned! Simply get any soft ball or rolled up socks and underhand-toss it to a child. Instruct them to under-hand toss it to someone else as quickly as possible. Each child repeats this. When does this game end? Who knows? Just get rid of it!
Variations – If you have enough children, play short segments of music while they toss the object, stop the music, and the last child to touch it when the music stops is out of the game. Repeat until there is only 1 child.
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Hot Potato
This game can get a little giggly, so be warned! Simply get any soft ball or rolled up socks and underhand-toss it to a child. Instruct them to under-hand toss it to someone else as quickly as possible. Each child repeats this. When does this game end? Who knows? Just get rid of it!
Variations – If you have enough children, play short segments of music while they toss the object, stop the music, and the last child to touch it when the music stops is out of the game. Repeat until there is only 1 child.
@Englishteacherideas1
Pictionary
This is another game that works well with any age group; children love it because they can get creative in the classroom, teenagers love it because it doesn’t feel like they’re learning, and adults love it because it’s a break from the monotony of learning a new language - even though they'll be learning as they play.
Pictionary can help students practice their vocabulary and it tests to see if they’re remembering the words you’ve been teaching.
Why use it? Vocabulary
Who it's best for: All ages; best with young learners
How to play:
Before the class starts, prepare a bunch of words and put them in a bag.
Split the class into teams of 2 and draw a line down the middle of the board.
Give one team member from each team a pen and ask them to choose a word from the bag.
Tell the students to draw the word as a picture on the board and encourage their team to guess the word.
The first team to shout the correct answer gets a point.
The student who has completed drawing should then nominate someone else to draw for their team.
Repeat this until all the words are gone - make sure you have enough words that each student gets to draw at least once!
@Englishteacherideas1
This is another game that works well with any age group; children love it because they can get creative in the classroom, teenagers love it because it doesn’t feel like they’re learning, and adults love it because it’s a break from the monotony of learning a new language - even though they'll be learning as they play.
Pictionary can help students practice their vocabulary and it tests to see if they’re remembering the words you’ve been teaching.
Why use it? Vocabulary
Who it's best for: All ages; best with young learners
How to play:
Before the class starts, prepare a bunch of words and put them in a bag.
Split the class into teams of 2 and draw a line down the middle of the board.
Give one team member from each team a pen and ask them to choose a word from the bag.
Tell the students to draw the word as a picture on the board and encourage their team to guess the word.
The first team to shout the correct answer gets a point.
The student who has completed drawing should then nominate someone else to draw for their team.
Repeat this until all the words are gone - make sure you have enough words that each student gets to draw at least once!
@Englishteacherideas1